Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Stone Street Capital Commentary
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Back in May, David Lewis at Stone Street Capital asks the following question on the Stone Street blog: "Should I be Concerned About My Insurance Company Making My Annuity Payments?" He then gives this answer: "The financial downturn has hit insurance companies, but you should not panic or take any action that…
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Acting in contrast to his company's Teletubby like spokes creature, Stone Street Capital's "Will in Sheep's Clothing" suggests that it is "likely a prudent step" for those who are receiving structured settlement payments "to find out what their payments might be worth just in case they need to sell some or all of them in…
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Stone Street Capital is now making the pitch that direct “cash now pushers”do it better” than brokers without the broker’s fee. I imagine that some brokers would respond that a broker permits “shopping the market”
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To paraphrase Reggie Hammond in the movie 48 Hrs, “Lack of licensing makes you brave man” There’s the difference between structured settlement companies and factoring companies in the structured settlement secondarfy market.
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Lack of regulation and enforcement enables the financial crack dealers’ version of “fishing with dynamite” such as Woodbridge Investments, LLC’s offering a Mercedes Benz or a 42 inch Plasma as bait for structured settlement annuitants, to exist.
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Patrick Hindert's "friends" are coming to his defense and not surprisingly the source of support is from the factoring industry. Cash Now Pusher Stone Street Capital's Patricia Laborde states that "while he never actually uses the term, it seems that Hindert is suggesting that some in the primary market’s dislike for anything that legitimizes factoring…